Book Review on The Lucky One Essay

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance when you least expect it sets you on a passage that you never planned, into a future you never imagined. What if someone had saved your life before you even met? How far give you travel to find love? result you engage in a journey of love and luck that will change your life forever? Will you take the quests to happiness when you survive to yourself that you will be taking risks and that the journey you will take is a trial-and-error thing? For him, that was all possible. He was a wonderful man. And when a man is that special, you know it sooner than you think possible. You recognize it instinctively there will never be an otherwise one like him. He was Logan Thibault, a one of a kind man who sets step to the fore a journey to find a girl, who was believed to be his lucky charm. Meeting her embarks the roller coaster ride of love, luck, fortune, romance and big secrets.literary Work and Comment The literary work of Nicholas Sp arks is a brilliant one. He had narrated a stratum of love and romance, of luck and journey. But like any other stories, this depicts lives of people. This is less dreamy and is more realistic even at times pragmatic in spite of the belief in a lucky charm. The story revolves around the life of a U.S. Marine during his third tour of duty in Iraq and the photograph he had found. That was a photo of a smiling adolescent woman half buried in the dirt.His first instinct is to toss it aside. Instead, he brings it back to the base for someone to claim, but when no one does, he finds himself always carrying the photo in his pocket. Soon Thibault experiences a sudden streak of luckwinning poker games and even surviving deadly combat that kills 2 of his closest buddies. Only his best friend, Victor, bes to have an explanation for his good fortune the photographhis lucky charm. Back home in Colorado, Thibault arseholet seem to get the photoand the woman in itout of his mind.Believing th at she somehow holds the key to his destiny, he sets out on a journey across the farming to find her, never expecting the strong but vulnerable woman he encounters in Hampton, North CarolinaEliza directh, a divorced mother with a young passwordto be the girl hes been waiting his whole life to meet. Caught off guard by the attraction he feels, Thibault keeps the story of the photo, and his luck, a secret. As he and Elizabeth embark upon a passionate and all-consuming love affair, the secret he is holding will soon threaten to tear them apartdestroying non exclusively their love, but also their lives.Theme and PurposeThis story is melodramatic and is more realistic. The creator has always written stories where happiness and tragedy meet, full of little coincidences that may change peoples lives forever. The stories he wrote often are sentimental, since they are always about quests for love and romance and all about sadness as well. The author had presented us how a marine lived his life during the times when he was on a duty in Iraq. A lot of scenes in the bracing were inspired with the timely events that had happened in Iraq back in 2008. During that time, that war in Iraq dominated the front pages of newspapers and is headlines on almost all television networks all everywhere the world. But then, what the author is pointing out here is that stories about military men and personnel are often personal and focuses on their families or the struggles they faced upon returning home.Thus, the author wanted the readers to have a picture on their minds on what a marine officer is encountering mainly the preparations before the war, during the battle and after their duties. The author wanted us to be more aware on how a marine fought battles. He wanted his readers to experience, even by just reading his work, how to piling things when you are in a real battle in a vast battlefield. Bottom line of it all, the author wanted us to picture out strengths and deter mination from the main characters of the story.He wanted us to know and feel that pursuance on a certain thing you are into could give you a prosperous life. He is giving us an example, for us to reflect on ourselves, how to deal with problems. Problems are our enemies and every day we are dealing with it. We are sprightliness in a great battle field and for you to win and conquer it all, we must(prenominal) have strengths in ourselves and be determined luxuriant to pursue everything we ought to do. We must believe that we can beat every problem that will come in our way. This are just spices in gaining a fruitful life ahead.Techniques useThe author had offered us a good story line. This story is surely be loved by avid romance novel readers most curiously because of the beautiful plot he had created. The twists and turns of events are unpredictable that will surely make you crave for more of his works.The very first thing I had find was the flashback technique the author had apply which is very common for all stories using this may not let readers enjoy because they already know this kind of technique. So he had come up with a technique that you will notice from this certain novel and that is by using the voice of the characters. The author is writing in the limited third-person omniscient, thus allowing the reader to feel almost first-person closeness with the character, while still allowing all the characters to participate.Each chapter is told through the perspective of a single character. For example, in chapters labeled Thibault, only Thibaults thoughts are included. Anything another character does is seen through his perspective, one that Thibault must only assume. If hes talking to Beth, he can intuit what shes thinking, but the readers are never allowed to know for sure. Until, of course, the next chapter arrives (perhaps labeled Beth) where she might reflect on what shed actually been thinking.Its a powerful form of writing and the author had u sed it effectively. He had overcome the challenge to make each characters voice distinct enough to be immediately recognizable. In other words, the readers were able to know whos talking, even if the chapter hadnt been labeled at all.There was a learning crook associated with this. It made the development of the relationship between Thibault and Beth a bit more difficult (since it was only through one persons eyes at any given time), but on the other hand, it made the characters themselves a bit easier to craft. And some voices were more difficult than others. Then, of course, theres the challenge of keeping the story linear. Thats a bit tougher to do when writing with this form of literary voice.This kind of technique used by the author is somewhat puzzling at first but as you go on reading the story, you will gradually understand and grasp the technique implied. It is so great that someone had done this kind of technique in writing because not all writers, regardless of what genr e they are into, are good in narrating stories with this kind of technique. notionThis is a great story indeed. Nicholas Sparks had written such a beautiful romance novel. His work is elevated by a very persuasive flair of storytelling. Readers are not expected to read his books because they are true but because they ought to be true.The story is very well plotted. The sequencing of events as well as the techniques used is very much commending. Sparks writes in such a way that it keeps you informed, seduced, captivated, and never bored. The chapters move along swiftly and it is written so well that you are not struggling to make it through each chapter.Each chapter would focus on a particular character and the chapter would be titled with their name Thibault, Beth or Clayton. I loved that we got to delve into every characters lives. Everyone was explored with the same amount of back story. You never felt a lack of information. The storyline stays true and progresss to an exciting climax. Sparks knows how to build a story and keep a reader anxiously turning pages. This is my first time to read a Nicholas Sparks novel and I surely bet this wouldnt be the last because I had enjoyed reading it. The way he presented his work to his readers is so much appealing that you will surely crave for more.